Lighting layers allow the mood of the dining room to change as the sun sets and evening draws in. At the tables, low level, human scale lighting helps create a sense of intimacy between the seated guests, this softer mood enhanced by the addition of lampshades to the existing wall lights using warmer LED filament lamps, alongside mini spotlights to accentuate the decorative planting in the room.

Perhaps the true magic of this beautiful refurbishment is in the solution found to light the ornate plaster-work and panelling of the ceiling coffer, painted ceiling panels and columns. The room feels utterly revived by the inclusion of mini stem mounted spotlights to cascade light down the columns. Extensive mockups were done of the coffer and columns, to get the setting out precisely right for the manufacturing of the bespoke mounting blocks and mounting stems, so as to ensure an optimum throw of dramatic light across the ceiling space.